Toy



APL 10, 1923, Y

J. POPPER Filed July 7 1921 y TTOHIVEYS Patented Apr. l0, 1923.

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JOSEPH POPPER, OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR OF ONZE-HALF, BY DIRECTAND MESNE ASSIGNMENTS, TO BAIRD-DANIELS CO.,`IN,C., OF NEW YORK, N. Y.,A CORPORATION OF NEW YORK, AND ONE-HALF TO RUBY H. POPPER,

BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.

Application led July 7,

To @ZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOSEPH POPPER, a citizen of the UnitedStates, and aresident of the city of New York, borough of Brooklyn,

county of Kings, and State of New York, have invented a new and ImprovedIIoy, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

This invention relates to toys and has for an .object to provide animproved construction which may readily be actuated by an operator andwhich will also continue to operate after the operator has ceased hisefforts.

Another object of the invention is to provide a toy which presents astructure wherein by the movement of certain objects, dliferent effectsor appearances of the toy may be secured. v

A further object, more specifically, is to provide a toy which theoperator blows into and which by such action inflates the balloon and atthe same time operates the eyes of a ligure connected with the balloon.

In the accompanying drawing- Figure 1 is a perspective view of a toydisclosing one embodiment of the invention. Figure 2 is a rear view onan enlarged scale of the structure shown in Figure 1.

Figure 3 isa sectional view through Figure 2 approximately on line 3 3.

Figure 4 is a sectional view through Figure 3 onV line 4:-44.

f4Figure 5 is a sectional view similar to the upper part of Figure 34but showing a modied construction. v

In forming a toy embodying the invention, it is aimed to produce aconstruction which will cause the child or other person to performcertain operations in order to secure certain results. In carrying outthis idea,

a tube has been provided into which the child blows and associated withthis tube are several parts including movable balls and aninflatableballoon, the balls being soarranged in relation to the tubeand the balloon thatA air passing through the tube or from the balloonwill cause the balls to rotate or oscillate. rllheseballs and associatedparts next adjacent the balls are so ornamented as to present theappearance of a face which may be a human face or the face of an animal.By reason of this ornamentation the TOY.

1921. serial No. 482,963.

balls have the appearance of eyes, and mover' Y ment of the balls (eyes)may be causedby blowing through the tube and allowingy air to escapefrom the balloon.

Referring to the accompanying drawing by numerals, 1 indicates'aninflatable member, as for instance, "an ordinary rubber balloon which issecured in any desired manner 1604 over a knob 2 connected to the body3, which` body is preferably provided with ornamentau tion on the frontand rear faces, said ,orna mentation being preferably some` form of facethough other ornamentation might be used. The body 3 may be `made of anyde# sired material, as for, instance, wood, andis u provided withapertures 4 and 5 forming sockets for theballs 6, which balls areornamented to represent a double eye, that is, with the pupil `ondiametrically opposite` sides. Covering sheets 7 and 8 are pasted orotherwise rigidlyy secured to the body 3, said covering sheetsoverlapping the vapertures 4 and 5 a sufficient distance to hold theballsjin place therein. Preferably, lthe sheets 7 and 8 carry theornamentation, which in the present instance, discloses human faces. Bymeans of this Vconstruction and l arrangement the balls 6 present eyeson opposite sides of the body 3. The body 3 is provided ywith apassage-way 9 extending from the balloon 1 toatransversevpassage-way.10into which one end of the tube 11 extends.After the. aperture 10 has been made by any desired means, as forinstance, a drill, a plug 12is inserted enclosing 'the end. vAuxiliarypassage-ways 13 andl 14 extend from the main` passage-way 10, saidauxiliary. passage-'ways extending from passage-'way 10to the-edge 90 ofthe body 3 as shown in Figure :4, thus merging into the openings orbores 4c. and 5.. Vhen an operator blows into the tube 11, part of theair passes downwardly into the balloon 1 for infiating the same and partupwardly through the passage-ways 13 and 14. The air` passing throughthe auxiliary.k passage-ways 13 and ltwill strike theballs 6 and willusually rotate the same on a vertical axis, thus giving the appearanceto the faces ofthe respective eyesmoving from a correct position to acrossed` or other posi-` tion. If the passage of air is continued longenough, the balls 6 willv perform one or more foo rotations. When theballoon l has been iniated to its capacity or to a desired extent, theoperator maytplace his thumb on the end of pipe 11 and allow the balls oto be operated solely by the air passing from the bal- Figure 5. From'examination of this figure it' will be seen that a casing 15 is providedwhich is formed with upstan'ding walls 16 having preferablyva'n"aperture' 17 at the top andianwape'rture 11S at't'he bottom. Theaperture 18fopen"s intosuitable knob or fitting lit) which acts' as asecuring niembe'r for the balloon 1. I Jtijc'zoveringv plate 20' isconnected any suitablemanner to the walls 16 and said Covering plate andcasing 15' are both formed with suitable openings 21 through which there'spe'cti've balls G may be seen. The front and rear facesv of theconstruction shownfin Figure 5 may have the same ornamentation and thegeneral arrangement as shown'in Figures It and 2er may have sonic havingan aperture 25 beneath each of the othery ornamentation as preferred. ltwill be noted that inA this forni of the invention there' ifs' provideda lower chamber22 divided from the'upper chamber 23 by al partition 24ballsfGsothat-:airmay act thereon in ai simil'arfmann'e to'L the way itlacts on the balls in the formgsh'own in Figurey 3.

What I claiiiil is k 1". toy comprising v' an element formed with evesockets" and havin the general a g :s P

pearance of ai head of a person or animal, a pairy of looselyv mountedballs representing eyes arranged in saidI eye's'ocl'rets", said'yelement" being provided with a passage-way eX- teirding tov said eyesockets, and a tube for directing a stream of' air into said passage'-way for'moving said balls'.v

2:151 toy comprising an element having th'e'afppearanf'ce of ahead of aperson or ani mail, said element being provided with a pair of sockets,a* pair of loosely mounted balls arrangedin' said' sockets andornamented to represent eyes for said head7 an inflatable memberconnected with' said element, and a tube connected with the element,said elenient being' provided' withI communicating passage-ways, certainofsaid passage-ways being indirect communication with said tube. certainoil' said'pa'ssageways being in direct communication withA saidinflatable member and certain of said passage-ways being in directcommunication with 'said sockets, whereby when anyone blows into: saidtube a stream of air will act on said balls for moving the same andsuperfluous air will pass into said inflatable member from which it mayreturn and act on said balls. i

3. toy comprising an element provided with a pair of openings, ornamentsarranged on said element for indicating a face and causing said openingsto represent eye sockets, a pair of balls arranged in said. openings andornamented to indicate eyes, said balls being loosely mounted in theopenings, said elei ent ha'vingan air passage-way eXtend ing to each ofsaid openings, and a tube eX- tending` to one of said passagefwayswheref by air may be forced from the mouth' through said tube into saidpassagwaiys and against said balls for causingv the same to rotate'. i il i 4. A toyk comprising a body having apair of apertures extendingtherethrough from one side to the other, a pair'of apertures eirtendingat right angles to the lirstnentioned apertures and merging into saidfirst men-v tioned apertures, aconnecting passage-way ,connecting thesecond mentioned apertures, a. pair of' balls arranged Ain the' firstimen# tioned apertures, and a tube connected to' said body and openinginto' said passage way whereby a person may rforce airfrinto said.passage-wayand causel streams of airto strike said balls forrotating'the same. n

5. A toycomprising a body having a pair of openings or sockets, a pairof b al'ls loosely mounted in said sockets,lsaid-body beingl' formedwith a plurality ofpassag'eways`,' there being ajpalssage-wa'y `merginginto' each;v of said sockets,` a tube connected ywith'V saidL- body soasV to' direct air into said passageways, and an inflat/able memberconnected with said. body and opening into sage-ways whereby 1when airis supplied` to said passage-ways in eXceess of that need-V ed, saidi'nflatablefbod'yy will act, as ajvstorage reservoir and' will`automatically return' the air to the passageways when the pressure inthe passage-ways becomes less th'aniliy the inflatable member. u

6l A toy comprising a' bodyv having ai p air l of openings thereinacting as eye scl'ets'," a pair of balls arranged in saidg openings and,actingl as eyes', means on thel body coactifngl with said eyes torepresent a'face, a tube' extending into said body, and meansy forming apassage-way to said sockets' from said tube wherebyv air forced through'said tube will engage said balls and rotate the same; saidA passage-wayopening directlybeneath the balls whereby said balls will rotate on' a"substantially vertical axis' when thev is held in a substantiallyvertical position.

7. A toy comprising at body havinga pail` oit openings formingeyesockets, a covering plate arranged on each facer oi the body.' eachof said covering plates being provided: with an vopening registeringwith; saidfsockvets, said opening being slightlyv less in diam! eterthan the socket, each of said plates bewith said body and positioned to.be in free ing also provided with ornamentation, a ball communicationWith said passage-Ways, and loosely arranged in each of said sockets andan inatable tube connected with said body 10 ornamented on dametricallyopposite sides and in free communication with said pas- 5 to indicateeyes, said body being formed sage-Ways.

With a passage-Way extending to each of y y said sockets, an inatablemember connected JOSEPH POPPER.

